The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-07
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

THE tale of the divine pity was
never vet believed from lips that were
not felt to be moved by human pity.
At Rutlam in Central India, tho
foundation stone has been laid Tor
girls school to be called the Victoria
Jubilee Girls School.
Mrs. Susan l.. Mills, with her late
husband. founded Mills College. Oak
land, Cal. She is now the principal
and has added $4,000 to its endow-
ment.
1t is only in recent years thas
women in Turkey have been allowed
to learn to read. The Sultan now
maintains two girle' schools out OF his
own funds.
DIR. Robert Brown. who has visited
Greenland for botanical and geolog-
ical studies, writes that there Is not
now one professed pagan in all Danish
reenland.-Pubiic Opinion
Enjoy the blessings of this day, u
God sends them. and the evils OF It
bear patiently and swcetly; for this day
only is ours; we are dead to yesterday.
and we are not yet born to tomorrow.
The wealth of Mammon is locked
up in burglar-proof vaults; the wealth
of God is stored in the hearts of man.
| The lock combination 10 open the hrsu
| is only known to him who sets II, but
| the combination that opens the latter -
| known to every Christian.
A Walla Walla applicant for ~
| teachers certificate answered the qnes-
ton: "What Is climatee' by writing.
"Climate is the situation of any place
chiefly in regard to the temperature OF
a place and the moisture of the atmos-
phere.n San Francisco Call.
| There are signs of improvement in
| reference to Sabbath observance in
Germany. In Stuttgart six hundred
shop-keepers have engaged to close
their shops on that day. In Carisruhe
n second distribution of letters has been
stopped. At Alsace-Lorrainc public
houses are legally closed till noon.---
N y Witness.
| The board of trustees OF the UNI
versity of Alabama, at recent meet
ing in Tuscaloosa, abolished tuition
fees, and in addition to the appropria-
ton for watcr-works and steam laur-
dry provided for the erection Of two
new houses for professors and new
chemical laboratory. No changes have
been made in the faculty of the instl-
tuition.
"A clergyman's wife recently stated
truth of wide application as follows;
His better qualities are all suliied by
his inordinate love of making money.
IL belittles him." OF how many men,
excellent men in not "A few particulars,
is this sadly true. To live simply for
the purpose of making money Is not
an object worthy of true man. Men
who can make money should do so to-
advance the interests of Christ's king
dom and to benefit their fellow-men. -
Congratulated.
THAT wing of the Dunkard Church
known as the Old Order has been hold
ing its annual session in Canton, ..
The adherents of this wing are very
conservative, and their mode of worship
is exceedingly crude. They eat what's
known as the Passover, which is COM
posed of soup made of beef. They
have large bowls, out OF which SIX or
eight will cat Mt once. After the least
these Dunkards indulge in what they
term the holy kiss-man kissing man
and woman kissing woman. Then the
, men wash one another's feet, and the
women go through the same ceremony
, among themselves, after which preach
, ing goes on.